Be With You

ELORA

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"A walk? Sure!" Lucy replied, quite heartily.

She looked towards the door, and started to walk away, but I had a question - a very important one - that prompted me to call her back.

The answer was important, and would be a huge determiner of my next course of action.

"Lucy,"

She stopped on her tracks and turned to me. I watched how she held the sides of her dress.

"Can I ask you a question?"

Lucy looked over me. A hint of worry flashed in her eyes, before she took three steps closer to me. Perhaps my facial expression had sent a wrong signal.

I managed a small smile. Her previously tensed shoulders relaxed.

My fingers locked on their own accord. The thought of the question alone…

"Do you…? Has there ever been a lycan king who…who found his mate?" I blurted out.

It was only after the question had escaped my lips, that I mustered the courage to look into her eyes.

They sparkled with amusement.

Lucy threw her head back in a short laughter. She waved her hand at me,